background:
This gene encodes a protein whose expression was found to increase in cultured cells at high density but not during growth arrest. This gene was also shown to have increased expression in cells overexpressing HER-2/neu proto-oncogene. The protein contains an SUI1 domain. In budding yeast, SUI1 is a translation initiation factor that along with eIF-2 and the initiator tRNA-Met, directs the ribosome to the proper translation start site. Proteins similar to SUI have been found in mammals, insects, and plants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Function:
May be involved in the translation of target mRNAs by scanning and recognition of the initiation codon. Plays a role in the modulation of the translational profile of a subset of cancer-related mRNAs when recruited to the translational initiation complex by the oncogene MCTS1.
Tissue Specificity:
Highly expressed in heart and skeletal muscle and moderately expressed in the brain, placenta, liver and pancreas. Weakly expressed in the lung and kidney.
Similarity:
Belongs to the DENR family.
Contains 1 SUI1 domain.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 8562 Human
Entrez Gene: 771794 Chicken
Entrez Gene: 614238 Cow
Entrez Gene: 68184 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 72806 Rat
Entrez Gene: 444615 Xenopus laevis
Omim: 604550 Human
SwissProt: Q5ZJ39 Chicken
SwissProt: Q2HJ47 Cow
SwissProt: O43583 Human
SwissProt: Q9CQJ6 Mouse
SwissProt: Q6GLZ1 Xenopus laevis
SwissProt: Q6DFN7 Xenopus tropicalis
Unigene: 22393 Human
Unigene: 28549 Mouse
Unigene: 7540 Xenopus laevis
Important Note:
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